This article presents the IPG-DRIVER, a mathematical model which simulates the behaviour of a real car driver. This model enables car designers to integrate the actors of a real driver into the simulation of vehicle dynamics, and thus produce a model that will simulate manoeuvres that require driver control. The driving behaviour that the model can simulate are: (a) Choice of path in the boundaries of the course; (b) Choice of speed according to the characteristics of both the course and of the driver; (c) Steering using the steering wheel; and (d) acceleration and braking using the accelerator and brake pedal respectively. Examples of the models use are provided. They include: (a) Severe lane change in accordance with ISO TR 38881 which leaves the driver with much less room to move than in normal traffic, where wider lanes are more common; and (b) driving on a real driving course. An example of an application for IPG-DRIVER is also provided. In this instance it is the development of a cybernetic steering system.
Samenvatting